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| shiptype = Passenger Refrigerated Cargo
 
| shiptype = Passenger Refrigerated Cargo
 
| shiptonnage =  3,320 tons
 
| shiptonnage =  3,320 tons
| shiplength = 306ft 7in (
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| shiplength = 306ft 7in (93.44m)
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| shipdepth = 24ft (
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| shippropulsion = twin screw
 
| shippropulsion = twin screw
 
| shipspeed = 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
 
| shipspeed = 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
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Capable of carrying 1,500 for an excursion, or 200 first class and 36 second class passengers. Operated as a Hospital Ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War 1.  Operated by the Grand Trunk Railroad system for the time it was not used by the Canadian Navy.
 
Capable of carrying 1,500 for an excursion, or 200 first class and 36 second class passengers. Operated as a Hospital Ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War 1.  Operated by the Grand Trunk Railroad system for the time it was not used by the Canadian Navy.
  
In 1945 she caught fire in harbour at Ketchikan, Alaska and the burned hulk was beached on an island until it was towed to Seattle and broken up.
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After the war she Provided passenger service along the coasts of British Columbia & Alaska. In 1945 she caught fire in harbour at Ketchikan, Alaska and the burned hulk was beached on Gravina island until 1949 when it was refloated and towed to Seattle where it was broken up.
  
 
==Soldiers carried==
 
==Soldiers carried==

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HMT Prince George
HMT Prince George.jpg
HMT Prince George 1.jpg
History
Name HMT Prince George
Owner Grand Trunk Pacific Development Co Ltd, Newcastle
Builder Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne
Yard number 859
Launched 10 Mar 1910
Completed May 1910
In service 1910
Out of service 22 Sep 1945
Fate broken up in Seattle
General characteristics
Type Passenger Refrigerated Cargo
Tonnage 3,320 tons
Length 306ft 7in (93.44m)
Beam 42ft 2in (12.85m)
Depth 24ft (7.32m)
Propulsion twin screw
Speed 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
Capacity 200 x 1st & 36 x 2nd Class passengers - For excursions, up to 1,500 x passengers could be carried



Remarks

Capable of carrying 1,500 for an excursion, or 200 first class and 36 second class passengers. Operated as a Hospital Ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War 1. Operated by the Grand Trunk Railroad system for the time it was not used by the Canadian Navy.


After the war she Provided passenger service along the coasts of British Columbia & Alaska. In 1945 she caught fire in harbour at Ketchikan, Alaska and the burned hulk was beached on Gravina island until 1949 when it was refloated and towed to Seattle where it was broken up.

Soldiers carried

France to England 12 October 1918